Accession No

5759

Brief Description

discharge tube with rubber tubing, by Rank Cintel, English, mid- to late 20th century

Origin

England

Maker

Rank Cintel

Class

physics; demonstration

Earliest Date

1958

Latest Date

1996

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal; rubber

Dimensions

length 220mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by Anglia Polytechnic University (now Anglia Ruskin University), Cambridge, on 16/09/1999.

Inscription

‘Rank Cintel
3030309
Serial No.11
Made in England’ (label on tube)

Description Notes

Glass discharge tube. Terminals at both ends connected to metal discs inside the tube. Terminal on top of tube near the right end connected to a slightly larger metal disc, with 3 circular holes in. From the bottom centre of the tube, an arm extends, with a glass valve, and then connected to a length of rubber tubing.

Condition: good/fair.

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